Repertoire

We're looking for pieces in the following combinations (the flute part may include or exclusively use piccolo, alto flute, contrabass flute or traverso):

Flute, Viola & Piano
Flute & Percussion (with or without other instruments, especially multi-media)
Traverso, Viola d'Amore, Gamba and Lute
Contrabass flute (with or without other instruments, especially multi-media)

Contact us if you have something already composed.

We'll consider anything that fits within our current programming needs. We are comfortable with both scored and improvised parts.

Isang Yun - Salomo - alto flute
Terry Longshore - Crash - cymbals
Howard Hersh - Braided River Nights - alto flute/marimba
Maximo Pujol - Candombe de los Buenos Tiempos - flute/marimba
Gareth Farr - Kembang Suling - flute/marimba
David P. Jones - Music for South Africa - I. Amandla II. Ububele III. Hamba Kahle - alto flute/marimba, vibraphone, shekere
John Cage - Forever and Sunsmell (poetry by ee cummings) – soprano/percussion
George Crumb - Madrigal Book II (poetry by Federico Garcia Lorca) – soprano/flutes/percussion
Mark Applebaum - Medium - flute, voice, percussion
David Bithell - Encapsulating - flute, digital imagery, dance
William Kraft - Encounters XVI - flute, marimba/vibraphone
Alvin Lucier - Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas - flute, trumpet, electronica
Bongani Ndodana-Breen - Apologia at Umzimvubu - flute and 2 marimbas

Examples of repertoire performed in this configuration between 2004 and 2007.

Bernard Andres - Sutra - alto flute, viola & harp
Claude Debussy - Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp
Elizabeth Brown - The Secret Life of Birds - flute & koto
Iris Shiraishi - Saga No Aki (Autumn at Saga) - flute, viola & koto
Tomas Svoboda - Duo for Flute & Viola, op. 192 *
S. American trad. - El Contrabando - arr. flute, viola, koto & harp **
Bernard Andres - Narthex - flute & harp !$
Bernard Andres - Algues - flute & harp
Phillipe Sagnier - Petite Suite Armoricaine - flute & harp
Tadao Sawai - Jogen No Kyoku - flute & koto
Katsutoshi Nagasawa - Hoshun - flute & koto
Jack Gabel - Through a Gentle Rain - flute/piccolo/alto flute & koto *~$
Antonio Jobim/arr. Gordon Lee - Desafinado - flute, viola, harp & koto *
Tessa Brinckman - Early Spring in Yaman Kalyan - flute, viola & tambura
Tadao Sawai - Tori No Yoni (Flying Like a Bird) - koto

* = commissioned by Tessa Brinckman
** = arranged by Tessa Brinckman
~ = performed with dancers
$ = recorded on Glass Sky
! = performed with visual montage

Examples of repertoire programmed in this configuration between 2003 and 2007.

Volkmar Andreae - Flute Quartet - flute, violin, viola, cello $
Aaron Copland - Threnodies - alto flute, violin, viola, cello
Gordon Jacob - Four Fancies - flute, violin, viola, cello
WA Mozart - Quartet in D - flute, violin, viola, cello
Mark Fish - Pictures of Miro - flute, violin, viola, cello *~$!
Tessa Brinckman - Glass Sky - flute, violin, viola, cello $
D'Arcy Reynolds - Cloven Dreams - flute/piccolo, violin, viola, cello *~$
Quincy Porter - Trio - flute, violin, viola
Max Reger - Serenade in G Major, op 141 - flute, violin, viola
Piazzolla/arr. Mark Fish - Libertango - flute, violin, viola, cello *
Albert Roussel - Trio - flute, viola, cello
Bartok/arr. Brinckman - var. duos for flute & cello
Bongani Ndodana-Breen - Apologia at Umzimvubu - flute, violin, cello *

$ = recorded on Glass Sky
* = commissioned by Tessa Brinckman
! = performed with visual montage
~ = performed with dancers

A program performed recently in 2007.

**Jun Ota - So - alto flute & bass koto
**Hikaru Sawai - Dosei I & II - alto flute & bass koto
**Hideaki Kuribayashi - Keyaki - alto flute & bass koto
*Ravi Shankar - L'Aube Enchantee - flute & bass koto
*Jean Baptiste Loeillet - Sonata in G Major for Flute & Continuo, op. 3 no. 8 - baroque flute & bass koto

* Bass koto part arranged by Mitsuki Dazai
** Alto flute part arranged by Tessa Brinckman

Examples of past and current programming with guest artists from 2006- 2008.

George Crumb - Vox Balanae (Voice of the Whale) - flute, cello & piano (all with amplification)
Claude Debussy/arr. Karl Lenski - Bilitis - flute, piano, narrator for Pierre Louys poems.
Andrea Clearfield - Spirit Island - flute, cello, piano
Maurice Durufle - Prelude, Recitatif & Variations - flute, viola & piano
Charles Knox - 2002: Semordnilap No. 2 - flute, viola, cello & piano
Louise Farrenc - Trio in E minor - flute, cello & piano
Samuel Barber - Sonata op. 6 - cello & piano
Camargo Guarnieri - Sonatina - flute & piano

The repertoire for this combination was first performed by the ensemble in 2006.

Albert Roussel - Serenade op.30 - flute, violin, viola, cello & harp
Piazzolla/**arr. Mark Fish - Libertango - flute, violin, viola, cello, harp & koto
Jim Pepper/**arr. Gordon Lee - Witchi-Tai-To - flute/Native American flute, violin, viola, cello & koto
*Marjorie Rusche - Arctic Voyager - flute, violin, viola, cello & koto

*Arranged by Marjorie Rusche for Ensemble East West
**Commissioned by Tessa Brinckman

These solo flute pieces have been performed since 2003.

Isang Yun - Salomo - alto flute
Shirish Korde - The Tenderness of Cranes - flute
Michael Colquhoun - Charanga - flute
Jack Gabel - The Wind & The Rain - flute & electronics recording *

* = performed with dancers

We gratefully acknowledge the following granting organizations who have supported Ensemble East West, over and above the performance fees from each venue's concert series:

South African Music Rights Organization - 2006
Regional Arts & Cultural Council - 2006
Music Performance Trust Fund - 2003-2007

Jean Phillip Rameau - Pieces de Clavecin en Concert
Marais Boismortier - Duo Sonatas for Traverso and Violin
Jean Baptiste Loeillet - Sonata in G Major for Traverso & Continuo, op. 3 no. 8
Jean-Marie LeClair - Sonata no. 4 for Traverso & Continuo

more details coming......